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Sign-Up: Black Rose Academy - Reaper Training Program

LPS Approved.

Throughout history, Reapers have always had trouble keeping up with the amount of dead and dying, especially when it comes to wars, famines, and natural disasters. But, for the most part, they had managed to keep up with the steady incline of dead as well as lost souls (souls who have not crossed-over to the Otherside), balancing the physical and spiritual realms. Before Black Rose Academy, Reapers were inducted into the Reaping Realm by Master Grim Reapers. They would approach either a lost soul or someone close to their death date and offer them the opportunity of an apprenticeship as a Grim Reaper. In reaping tradition, after five years of full-fledged reaping, a reaper would take on an apprentice. The apprentice would work under the reaper for a minimum of four years or until the Master felt they were capable of reaping on their own, and then the Master would grant them their status as Master Grim Reaper.

This way of soliciting and inducting new reapers worked for over 4,000 years, but it had one serious flaw: around 1750, several Master Grim Reapers were not taking on apprenticeships. On top of this, several Master Grim Reapers and Great Masters decided to cross over. This chain of events caused a shortage in Grim Reapers. Normally, a Master Grim Reaper can handle up to 200 souls a day, and Great Masters can handle up to 900. Generally, there are around ten Great Masters and anywhere to two-hundred Masters. Because of this lack in apprenticeships, when several wars broke out world-wide in the mid-1800’s – the Taiping Rebellion and Dungan Revolt of China, the American Civil War, and Paraguayan War – Reapers experienced such an intense flooding of souls, there was no way for them to keep up, creating “The Reaper Shortage of 1869”. During this time, there were Six Great Masters and only 97 Masters.

In response The Grim Reaper Shortage of 1869, The Inner Circle, the six Great Master Grim Reapers (known widely now as “The Six Greats”), met to discuss a solution to their problems. During the Circle’s meeting, Ophelia Runewerk and two others (Madame Andrea des Fleurs and Sir Walter of England) proposed the idea of a “Reaper Training Program”. The six were split on the decision. The other three Great Masters dissented because they were sure that the school would create “sub-par” Reapers.

When Black Rose Academy was founded in 1869, The Inner Circle split into two groups: Essentialists who believed that the one-on-one, Master-Pupil, method was the only way to properly teach a Master Grim Reaper, and Institutionalists who believed that it was possible to teach Master Grim Reapers in a more public setting. Black Rose Academy was active by 1871, and the two schools of thought have been bickering since. Within Black Rose Academy’s first four years, it created more than fifteen capable Master Grim Reapers. Within the first year of their graduation, there was a significant decline in the number of lost souls worldwide. The two schools of thought are now more based on money and pedigree. Essentialists are almost always Elitists, while Institutionalists are usually not. However, it can’t be denied that Black Rose Academy’s Reaper Training Program has successfully created enough Master Grim Reapers to capably cross-over the millions upon millions of souls, both lost and dying, that the equilibrium between the Otherside and the Physical Realm has been achieved, a feat that hasn’t been achieved seen since before the Crusades.

As wars began increasing in frequency and their death tolls soared due to technological advances in weaponry and fighting tactics, the need for Master Reapers and Black Rose Academy’s Reaper Training Program has not declined. With the Earth’s ever-climbing rate of population, there are more people dying than ever before, and now the Grim Reapers are even responsible for solving the Earth’s over-population problem. The saying goes: Until the humans nuke themselves and every last soul is crossed over, Black Rose Academy will be a necessity. So every year, Madame Runewerk selects a small number of lost souls, soon-to-be-dead, or human beings interested in death or dying (usually the suicidal, though not limited to the suicidal).

If a lost soul is selected, a Master Grim Reaper is sent to the lost soul (this also includes those in a coma) and offers them two options: either they cross-over or they become part of Black Rose Academy. For the more alive individual, Madame Runewerk sends out this e-mail informing them of their eligibility for Black Rose Academy’s Reaper Training Program.

To Whom It May Concern:

The Black Rose Academy of Reaping would proudly like to offer you enrollment within our Reaper Training Program. We have selected you as a candidate because you have displayed an open-minded nature and an interest in death. I warn you, the path to becoming a Grim Reaper is not easy. You will be required to die in the physical sense, meaning that your friends and family will believe you are dead, although you will not technically be “dead”, which infers that your spirit has moved on from the physical realm and has crossed over to The Otherside. As a Reaper, your soul is bound to the physical realm, as we are the ones who escort the souls of the living to The Otherside. You will become the messenger of Death.

It is common knowledge that the world is over-populated with souls, both living and dead. Currently, there are not enough Reapers to fulfill the requirements necessary to balance the worlds of the living and dead. We implore you to deeply consider our offer. For those of you considering suicide, I beg of you to consider becoming a Reaper. There are already enough lost souls in our world.

If this e-mail has perked a curiosity within you and you find yourself interested in our Reaper Training Program, please respond to this e-mail as quickly as possible. We will send one of our counselors to you via astral projection. I implore you, please consider this offer. If you choose not to attend or do not respond within 24 hours to this e-mail, your memory will be wiped and the e-mail will be erased to protect knowledge of our existence.

Sincerly,

Dr. Ophelia Runewerk,

Headmistress of Black Rose Academy

There are two positions available Professors and Students. There are only six slots for professors. You will have to choose a title and field of study.

Quick note: If your character is a Professor or a second year student or above, they must have a minion. Suggested minions are gerbils, hamsters, rats, birds, snakes, dogs, cats, bats, or a human soul. Whatever’s reasonable. You can’t have an elephant or a dolphin or something like that. Must be small and must be oxygen breathing. Also, anything about “moving on to another year-level” is just me assuming that this RP will last.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE A STUDENT (please follow these instructions)

Please chose a class schedule depending on your year (sorry first years, you’re pretty much assigned. :/) You only have to be in class once a day. Immediately following that class will be your Field Study. The rest of the day will be spent studying, sparring, going on assignments, or doing whatever your characters want to do.

1. The Art of Reaping (Required for first semester of first years)
Lecture. Teaches the basics of reaping, including the 6 Rules of Reaping, the Four Ways of Death (natural, accidental, suicide, and murder) how to become a good reaper, why some reapers fail and where they go wrong, as well as the basics of controlling magic (no magic taught in this class). It introduces crossing-over techniques.
NOTE: This class judges the abilities and intelligence of every reaping student. It is you placement test. The rest of your reaping career rides on how hard you work in this class.

2. Magic I – Beginners (first years)
Hands-on. Class focuses on the smaller magic techniques used by reapers such as shadow-blending, mind-control (cannot be used on reapers and lost souls), mind-erasure, and astral projection, and one-plane vortexing (physically moving yourself through portals, but your stay in the same realm)

3. Your Minion, Their Guardian (second year)
Lecture. Must have a minion by the time you take this class. Class talks about the “spiritual guardians” of humans and lost souls and the dangers they present to Reapers; mind-linking with and controlling your Minion; using your minion to battle a spiritual guardian.

4. Magic II - Intermediate (second year)
Hands-on. Students learn some elemental magic techniques to be used when confronted by a guardian or powerful lost soul. The main focus of this class is vortexing between realms. There’s a week long lecture based around the danger of “losing yourself” between realms and within the Otherside. During Sophomore and Freshman years, cross-realm portal used in Field Study will be provided by the faculty.

5. Advanced Magic (third year)
Hands on. Students that make it this far have displayed enough honesty, integrity, and control of their abilities to be taught the more advanced levels of reaping magic. In this class you will learn Dream and Reality Manipulation (coincides with mind-control taught in Magic I, but you can actually manipulate the human mind to see and hear things), and far more in-depth [/FONT]

6. Assessment (third year)
This semester is spent studying the lecture-based materials you have learned over the past three years. In order to move onto your final year, you must be able to complete a comprehensive, cumulative assessment of what you have learned both in Magic and in Lecture.

NOTE: Because the Assessment does not cover what’s taught in Hands-on classes, only Lectures, you can take the assessment your first semester or second semester of junior year.

7. Advanced Field Study and Assessment of Skills (fourth year, year long)
After completion of your assessment, you will spend an entire year taking on harder and more challenging Assignments. Whereas earlier Field Studies were done mostly in groups, only a minor amount of this will require group work. Most of this will be done on your own. Your assigned Field Master as well as the Faculty Board will review and assess your skills as a Reaper throughout the year, and make a final decision 1 month before graduation as to whether or not you are ready to receive the title of Master Reaper.

Field Study (Required during every semester)
Under the supervision of a faculty member, first year Reapers will initially observe Master Reapers in progress. Students are given hands-on assignments with low-risk “lost souls” – souls that will not provide much danger – with faculty supervision. Students are required to work in groups.

Second year Reapers will be assigned medium-risk lost-souls and some low-risk human souls to cross over under faculty supervision. Students are required to work in groups.

Third year Reapers will be given medium to high-risk lost-souls, depending on their proficiency in their classes, as well as medium-risk human souls. There is no faculty supervision. Students mostly work in groups, sometimes they are given individual Assignments.

Fourth year Reapers are given both high-risk lost and human souls for their Advanced Field Study (refer to Advanced Field Study for information).
Write a short paragraph (3 to 6 sentences or more) as your character responding to Madame Runework’s e-mail (for now, we won’t have any Essentialists in this RP, but they may be necessary later).

Black Student bio:

Name:
Age:
Cause of Death: (If you are already dead, great. If you are not make a cause of death.)
Date of Death: (DoD for not-already-dead students should be sometime before August 2012)
Gender:
Minion: (You can get one later if you like, but you should have one by the time you move into your second year)
Classes: (i.e. your required field study and The Art of Reaping)
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:

Example Student Bio:

Name: Tatiana Fontane

Age: 23
Cause of Death: Suicide
Date of Death: April 1, 2012
Gender: Female
Minion: None as of now

Appearance: Tatiana is 5’8”, curvy, and tan-skinned. She has medium length brown hair and green eyes. She normally dresses in a hoodie, jeans, black converse, and wears a beanie that she is constantly adjusting. Her face has soft features, and when she smiles the entire room seems to light up.

Personality: Diagnosed with depression at age ten, Tatiana has battled with it her entire life, but she hides her morose attitude from others with smiles. She is charismatic and cares deeply for people who become close to her. Tatiana is gullible and shy; however, when push comes to shove, she will stand her ground. She is highly intelligent and tends to be more of a bookworm than a socializer. If removed from her shell, Tatiana can be light-hearted and fun, but it takes quite a bit to get her out.

Background: Tatiana’s parents were middle-class and loved her endlessly, but no amount of money or therapy could detract her suicidal thoughts or tendencies. As she got older, the thoughts only increased in frequency. She spent most of her life in and out of psyc-wards and the offices of therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrist. By 23, Tatiana had been on twenty different anti-depressants, four mood-stabilizers, seven anti-anxiety medications, and a variety of other pills. At the beginning of the year, she decided to give up the battle. Two days before her planned day of suicide, she received an e-mail from someone named Ophelia Runewerk asking her to attend some school called Black Rose Academy for Reapers. Thinking the e-mail was a cruel joke, she responded that she would gladly attend the school and some three days later, the school counselor showed up in her room to discuss preparations for her enrollment into Black Rose Academy.

IF YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF THE SIX FACULTY (please follow these instructions)
Choose one of the following (I will put taken beside the title once it’s taken)

1. Professor of Basic Studies – as a professor of Basic Reaping Studies, you will teach the class “Art of Reaping” which teaches the basics of reaping i.e. how to obtain a human soul from its body, transferring souls to the Otherside, transferring “lost souls” to the Otherside. Instructor has a proficiency and endless knowledge of all things Reaper based. Only has to be fair in magic abilities. (taken Madame Runewerk)

2. 3 Professors of Magic – Your character must be extensively proficient in magic. (1 out of three taken; Valkarma)

3. Professor of Human Studies – The professor of Human Studies has an in-depth knowledge of a human being’s the inner workings, and tends to work with more emotionless reapers to help them better understand the human mind, most likely a Psychologist or Sociologist during life. This professor will teach “Human Weakness and Death”. Only has to be fair in magic abilities. (taken Foulter)

4. Professor of Minions – Professor will have several Minions (4+) that they control regularly. Class is called “Controlling Your Minion and Avoiding Their Guardian”. Proficient in mind-control magic, and fairly proficient in the other areas of magic. (taken Esiphas)

Faculty Bio:

Faculty Bio

Name:
Age: (between 25 to however old - because reapers are immortal)
Date of Death:
Gender:
Minion:
Faculty Position:
Appearance:
Personality: (whether you are nice, mean, bold, ect)
I will be playing the Headmistress.

Appearance: A thin, pale, young-looking woman with long, blonde hair and blue eyes, standing at 5’3”. Most first year students mistake her for another student. She usually dawns the mandatory black robe with The Black Rose Academy’s logo embroidered on the front. Underneath her robe, she wears a variety of clothing, anything from Victorian dresses to the modern dress for kids. Her clothes are always black, red, and purple.

Personality: As a child, Ophelia was rather morose, and that has stuck with her through the hundreds of years she’s been active as a Grim Reaper. She can be tricky, and often feigns being a student to gather information about the school and to watch her students. Ophelia generally looks bored and yawns repeatedly whenever she talks to someone. She is an easy-going Headmistress and tries to refrain from punishing students unless absolutely necessary (i.e. a reaper kills another reaper or abuses their powers).

Background: Ophelia was a sickly child in her youth, and as she got older, her mysterious illness became worse. Her family was well-off, but even in the late 1700’s her medical bills put a financial strain on them. When she was 22, a Grim Reaper by the name of Sir Walter of England approached her and offered her the opportunity to become a Grim Reaper. She accepted. In 1869, during the "Reaper Shortage of 1869" (please refer to earlier in the post for more info), she and the other six Great Master Reapers met. 3 or them (including Ophelia) wanted to start an Academy so that there would never be a shortage again, the other 3 were against the idea, saying that a school would only create "sub-par" Reapers. In 1871, Opehlia both founded Black Rose Academy and introduced Institutionalist teachings (refer to earlier on in post) into the Reaper way of life.

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Name: Enoch Alexandrias
Age: 22
Cause of Death: Eplieptic seizure while driving a car.
Date of Death: May 2012
Gender: Male
Minion: None
Classes: Art of Reaping/Field Study
Appearance: He looks and acts every inch the scholar he is. His ruffled appearance and stubble make plain his utter apathy toward the upkeep of his person. His form is lanky and malnourished, he seldom at when he was alive and now that he is dead he feels no need to continue the archaic practice. His face is gaunt and his eyes withdraw. Their deep pools of acidic green sear with caustic fire at any who attempt to gain his attention. His hear is a massive of twisting curls that spires out early in the day before being brought low as the hours progress. His smile, when flashed, cuts with dagger-like precise and derisive glee. He is never more happy when making someone look foolish.

Personality: Unapolgetically disdainful towards everyone with whom he is forced to share existence. He can at times come of as sociopathic... which make sense give that he is, in fact a sociopath. He does not try to hide the glee he gets when insulting those around him, often in his dry, clever humor. He enjoys his life and sees no need to apologize for living as he wishes.

Beneath his caustic veneer, is a soul that seeks only one think in this world: complete and perfect knowledge. No matter how esoteric or pedestrian, Enoch's is a mind that craves constant stimulation in ever changing ways. There is nothing above or beneath him if it will grant him some aspect of understanding the world in which he finds himself.

Background: There is little in his past that is of import. The only relavent detail is that inaddition to Antisocial Personality Disorder, he was diagnosed with Juvenile Myclonic Epilepsy, a form of epilepsy whose symptoms can normally be completely controlled through medication. His sociopathy isolated him from those around him, since unlike other sociopaths he had no desire to manipulate people into believing he shared in their common experience. However, his isolation suited him wonderfully as he could focus primarily on gaining a complete understanding of the machinations of the world. He studied feverishly throughout his life. At the time of his death he was working on his dissertation. However, in his zeal to complete it he neglected to take his medication and while driving to class he had a seizure causing him to lose control of his car and veer into a river where he drowned before rescue personnel could get to him.

The tragedy of life comes not from pain, despair, sorrow, or even death; but the constant annihilating amnesia that begs us to forget we live.

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Name: Alexander Niemeyer
Age: 17
Cause of Death: Walking to school and was hit by a car, then a bus, then his fate ended with the last car which crushed his skull underneath the tire.
Date of Death: June 3rd 2012. His birthday
Gender: Male
Minion: None as of this moment
Classes: Field Study and The Art of Reaping
Appearance: (Hope a picture is alright) http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/.../AnimeGuy4.gif
Personality: He is normally quiet unless spoken to, he focuses most of the time but is easily distracted by a pretty girl. He tries to act cool and collected at all times but has been known to explode at people for not following the rules.

He normally gets any girl he wants and at a normal school would be considered one of the popular people. If he does not get what he wants then he will pester at it until he gets it, no matter how long it will take. He's stubborn, and is always in a look of depression.

So in summary: Womanizer, Stubborn, Arrogant, Get's what he wants, oh, and did I mention that he's always thinking of ways to do better than everyone else and get better scores and grades then every student, so very competitiveness as well.

Just to add a little more fun
He's a pyro also

Background: Growing up he had no family, he literary lived on the streets until about middle school. He was later adopted into a family that clothed and cleansed him, they took care of him pretty well, but as he slowly grew older he began to like the idea of getting what he wanted. Every day he would bring a different girl home and tell his parents that it was just a friend.

Every night though the lady would leave and kiss him on the cheek, and whisper things into his ear that his parents never caught. One day he got caught in the act of taking a women and his parents kicked out the girl before finishing and grounded him (still in middle school fyi) Later that night he locked his parents doors and burned his parents in his bed and walked away.

As he went through high school it was the same story, every women he met, no matter what type or what kind of girl it was he always was able to bring her home to sleep with him. As he went to school one last time, he saw a girl he was interested in and crossed the street without looking both ways, he was struck once, still alive, until the last car crushed his skull beneath the weight.

There he died, Karama sure is a lady.

There he was meet with a Reaper and was taken to the Black Rose Academy, of his own free will.

Appearance:http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/v..._Kemmler/f.jpgRaphael is about six foot tall, and more proportional then most other tall people, not being very lanky at all. He has a healthy body that looks old but performs more what you expect of someone who was maybe ten years younger (appearance wise of course).He has greying black hair that grows down to the middle of his back, often kept tidy and in a pony tail to keep it out of the way. His eyes are light green, that are in a constant state of bloodshot. This seems to add a layer of creepiness to them.His skin is lightly pox marked, old scars from his past, the worst of which is on the back of his hands. His common attire is shown in the image above. The mask is worn only when performing his duty as a reaper, not when teaching. It is seen as a sign of trouble if he has to wear it to confront someone. His style changes very little, and his latest one has been going for over a hundred years now.

Personality:Raphael is very old having seen and experienced a lot. This often comes across through his personality. He doesn't rush into anything without first thinking part of it through. He can come across as very stoic, with a hint of arrogance, when he is first met. This however is not the case, as most interaction others have with him is through his work. When it comes to work he is very professional, keeps to himself and gets a job done. Outside of a work based situation he seems more relaxed and easier to talk too. He still has an air about him that makes you realise he is holding something back, but most are undisturbed by this. Like any being he is not truly limited to a set personality, but will always be slower to change mood.

Background:Raphael's beginning are in Europe. He is believed to originate from England but the exact details are lost to time. He has never been one to speak about it too much even then, so a lot is only known to a select few older Reapers. What is known is that Raphael was one of seven brothers. Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Jerahmeel. As is the obvious, his parents were strict religious individuals who hoped the lord would protect their family during the tough times. As it was it did not. Each one died to the Black Death. Raphael was the last one to die, still tending to his brothers as he rejected that they were really dead. Raphael's death this way led to him becoming a lost soul.

Now a lost soul during a time when Reapers were worked so hard, Raphael managed to go unnoticed for quite a long time. It is said during this time he was driven insane from the revelations. That he was driven so mad that he was made sane again. This is pure speculation, but it is known that unlike other souls he was found waiting patiently when the Reaper came for him. When found, before the Reaper could do anything, he asked to be apprenticed as opposed to the Reaper offering. Interested by his first impressions the Reaper took him on and Raphael joined the ranks of the Reapers.

The time between then has been filled with a great many things. Too much to go into detail. Raphael gain a reputation as time went past as a quite broody individual, commited to his task and to the progress it brought. Those who were apprenticed under him saw him as strict on failures but otherwise a good mentor. Through the years he gained a proficiency at wielding magic and took his time in perfecting what he was capable of, before he explored the various paths it created. He worked at an increased paced during the Shortage of 1869 and was commended for what he did.

Raphael was approached by Runewerk when the Black Rose Academy was first being created and offered a place teaching. Though he didn't accept, he did express an interest. As a result Runewerk made him agree to watch the results of the Academy and if that didn't change his mind then she wouldn't bother him anymore. The Graduates were successful but as it was he didn't return to see her until a few years after the first group. At which point he met Runewerk on the school grounds and agreed to her terms. He took a standing as a Professor of Magic, being able to teach any years what was needed.

A point of interest, and sometimes conflict, is Raphael's standing within the Reapers. Officially he is still only a Master level, but there are some Reapers that believe this to be wrong. He is very old, experienced and devoted to the existance that is Reapers, yet little is done to recognize it. He has on many occasions displayed skills and capabilities that equal that of the current Great Masters but again nothing has ever been made of it. While others may complain for either side, Raphael has never mention or expressed any interest in being elevated. No Great Master has approached him about it yet and he has not approached any. Save Runewerk; and even then only in regards to the Academy. The only thing agreed from it all is that there are those who can't be judge by rank alone.

As a Professor within the Academy he teaches his lessons in different ways, depending on what it is he needs to show them. He takes the time to learn more about his students through how they interact within the lessons. He may be strict to those that break the rules but does not restrict students personalities, giving them a degree of freedom. He gets along with the other professors in a prefessional manner and respects Runewerk for the work she has done. His views on the other Great Masters is unknown.

Last edited by Valkarma; 06-01-2012 at 11:59 AM.
Reason: spelling

"I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one." Jace Beleren

"Why fight the body when you can dominate the mind that rules it?" Jace Beleren

Re: Sign-Up: Black Rose Academy - Reaper Training Program

Name: Victoria Bushell

Age: 24

Cause of Death: Was walking home when she got attacked in a dark alleyway. One of her attackers stabbed her in the side leaving a deep wound. Seeing the blood, the asserters fled the scene, the loss of blood made her pass out, and consequently die.

Date of Death: (DoD for not-already-dead students should be sometime before August 2012) May 4th, 2011

Gender: Female

Minion: (You can get one later if you like, but you should have one by the time you move into your second year) Hasn't gotten her Minion for the coming school year yet, but will before term starts (Question: how are minions assigned?)

Classes:
Your Minion, Their Guardian
Second Year Field Study

Appearance:
Tall and slender, Victoria is an attractive young woman. She applies generous amounts of make-up to change her unremarkable face into an object of desire. She likes wearing long gowns or branded clothing. Her hair is blonde and falls softly on her shoulders.

Personality:
Victoria was brought up as an only child as part of a very wealthy family, Usually she got whatever she wanted, and thus has an elitist attitude. She also looks down on those whom put lots of effort into obtaining things, being naturally smart, she believes that you are either born suitable for something, or not.

Background:
When Victoria died, a reaper offered her the option to join the academy based on her various suicide attempts before (having everything she wanted, she became bored with life and tried to kill herself)
feigning interest in the profession, Victoria really wanted to have her revenge on the criminals who attacked her and similarly guided individuals. She accepted the position without a second thought.

Victoria successfully got through first year without a hitch. She topped the class in magic and came in a good position in the rest of her studies.
The only part she didn't do as well in was the group fieldwork. Each outing, she would separate from the group and go solo, taking on the objective by herself.
She was warned twice about the lack of teamwork, but she disregarded it as mere threats.

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@Luzifer : Lovely cause of death. My only question is was he approached as a lost soul or was he e-mailed? I'm guessing it was approached because of the untimely death. Besides that, approved!

@HateSpawn98 : Same question with Luzi's character: was he approached as a lost soul or e-mailed? Again, I'm assuming approached. Other than that, approved.

@Valkarma : Awesome. I like the Great Master dilemma. We'll definitely be using it in the RP. Approved.

@Esiphas : You can have more than one character, but no more than two unless I approve you for more. I'd easily let you have three if you liked Esiphas. I've seen you in RP-action and I know you can handle it.

For both Valkarma and Esiphas: I forgot to mention this, all teachers will also be assigned a Field Study group to watch.

They're gonna get my gold on the ceiling
Just a matter of time before they steal it
That's alright, ain't no guard in my house.
~ The Black Keys

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Cause of Death: He was shot while holding out with his gang on the day of their downfall.

Date of Death: 3/5/2012

Gender: Male

Minion: None

Classes: The Art of Reaping and Field Study

Appearance: Attached

Personality: At first, Chris wasn't really a cheerful guy. He doesn't care much about the people, societies, and the world around him, hell, he could care less if a zombie outbreak occurred, his country or continent fell apart, if another World War started, or if even the world comes to a bloody end initially. After his death though, he started to care about ht friends he has now, places he knows, or something important he is concerned about. These days, Chris is always concerned about something and he would try to keep an eye on something that would affect him directly or indirectly. He would intervene if it would affect him...

Background: Chris was a middle class citizen of the US, hailing from the City of Angels, Los Angles. Of course, his parents were the soul reason why he doesn't care much as his father was a notorious and most wanted leader of a gang and his mother was a prostitute. As a result, Chris didn't care about them, as they didn't care about him. As a young child, he watched as his father rose to glory but eventually fell as he was arrested and executed as well as her mother murdered but once again, he never cared for them. He was more than glad that they were out of his life quick and painlessly. No family members to care about, no chores, no education, he was really what most people wanted, free of anything.

His only remedy for getting by the hardships and no money or job to live on was a gang that wanted to take the homeless in, including him, for their own notorious gains to be the most notorious gang globally. He accepted the offer, seeing that he had nothing left to do and to be a bit social but not entirely talkative. The gang did many notorious acts while he was in the gang for his whole lifetime; from gang wars, robberies, firefights against cops, propaganda to recruit more members, and picking up many women off the streets or from strip bars for a raping party. Chris never really got involved in some of the acts though, only playing watchdog to keep an eye on the outside world to see if anyone would dare to intervene but nobody really did intervene at the time nor he didn't really care if someone did. All he wanted was just look on and wait for something big to happen that would change everything he knew...

And it did...

On Chris' last day of his life, the world was against his gain as not only the cops found their hideout to arrest them the multiple gangs that his gang had wars with teamed up to bring his gang down and every member of it, including him. One by one, every member of his gang was killed and he and his leader were left. As the battle reached its climax, Chris was shot in the chest first before he was able to kill off key members of cops and other gang members before the last bullet to his head put the final nail in his coffin, which marked the end of his notorious gang when his leader was executed on sight as well...

Chris awoke again to find himself in a world that he never knew, the Black Rose Academy. When Ophelia Runewerk aka Madame Runewerk, headmistress of the academy offered him a place in the academy, he was first hesitant about the offer but eventually accepted the offer. He is now under the supervision of Runewerk herself and runs many errands for her. And along with Alexander's arrogance and his wants for women and competition, he finally, for once, started to care for the people around him after a certain someone wanted and encouraged him to be more caring on social. Despite his tone he still has from his past days that he gives out to others, his personality has changed a bit for the good but he always asks this question to himself: “Why wasn’t I like this in the first place?”

Personality: Claire is always a concerned and quiet girl. She keeps most of her emotions packed into her and when she is away from others or around her friends, she usually will tell them how she feels. She is a hard girl to win over or even less get her attention. She is only attracted to Chris.

Background: Claire was a young girl was she was kidnapped by the most notorious gang in LA after her parents were killed by them. From age of eight to her life's end, she was sexually abused, assaulted, raped, and impregnated by every member of the gang along with the other girls that have been kidnapped for the same purpose. All but one of the members of the gang raped her and the girls that were kidnapped and every girl as well as herself was used as a toy, servant, and a slave to the gang. Claire would always see this one person every time she looks at him but never made contact with him since she never had the chance to.

On the day of her death, she along with the other girls were murdered after being raped for one last time before the gang fell notoriously for the numerous crimes they committed on the girls and the whole city as well. As she awoke, she was taken in and cared by a women named Ophelia Runewerk. She suggested that Claire take classes in the Black Rose Academy so that she can not only fight for herself but to avenge herself from the day that she was alive and Claire accepted the suggestion almost immediately.

At the same time, Claire saw one of the members of the gang that she was always abused by and this time though, he was alone. At first, she would've killed him to get back at the gang but to see a concerned look on his face, Claire approached him and talked to him. At first this guy never cared about her but after she talked to him so many times, she finally managed to make him a more social guy and more alive, which is the same time when she fell in love with her friend now boyfriend named Chris Andrewson. As of late, they've been in the same class and field together and now the two of them are a bit more social than they were in their past life.

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@Light Buster : I'm a little confused on Chris' personality, so just for clarification's sake, he's less anti-social/selfish/unconcerned than he used to be, right? Or is he only that way when the situation affects him personally? Other than that, I'm excited. Ophelia has an errand-boy. XD AND! you used a character from Bleach for your description. Nice. I didn't say this, but initially, the way I described this RP was "think Harry Potter meets Bleach". Claire is approved. Once you clarify Chris' personality, he's approved as well. Well done!

They're gonna get my gold on the ceiling
Just a matter of time before they steal it
That's alright, ain't no guard in my house.
~ The Black Keys

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Originally Posted by pleasant_disorder

@Light Buster : I'm a little confused on Chris' personality, so just for clarification's sake, he's less anti-social/selfish/unconcerned than he used to be, right? Or is he only that way when the situation affects him personally? Other than that, I'm excited. Ophelia has an errand-boy. XD AND! you used a character from Bleach for your description. Nice. I didn't say this, but initially, the way I described this RP was "think Harry Potter meets Bleach". Claire is approved. Once you clarify Chris' personality, he's approved as well. Well done!

Chris' personality has been edited to meet the clarification, hopefully. Yes, Chris is a bit more social, selfless, and concerned.

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Personality:
He has a very up-beat personality and always tries to make sure his students understand the concept he is trying to pass on to his students. He is eccentric and occasionally gets too interested in a subject and takes it too far.

Background:
Born and raised in New York City in the 1800s he grew up the son of a Psychologist he was always fascinated in it. After college he went to work at an asylum to study the minds of the mad to try and figure out how it works. After a few years he had gotten a job teaching psychology at the college in which he had attended. On his first day though he was robbed and murdered. After about a month he was approached to join Black Rose Academy he saw no reason not to join and graduated quickly topping the classes on psychology. After around 70 years there was an opening for professor and he quickly took it. Luckily he didn't die on the first day this time.
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Student
Name: Jacob Smith

Personality: He is the silent type. Never really speaking unless spoken to. He studies hard and has a good work ethic. He is attempting to be more social but at the moment still barely talks.

Background: He lived a quiet life in a small town in Wisconsin. He didn't really have any friends due to his quiet nature. He would spend his days studying and his free days alone. During his freshman year in high school a lot of people tried to befriend him, but because of his silent nature they thought he was being a jerk to them. He went through high school topping his classes and was visiting home after his first year in college when an electrical spark set the house on fire. His parents made it out but he was trapped under a support beam and couldn't get out. After about a week as a lost soul he was recruited to Black Rose he saw it as a chance to change himself and make a positive influence on the world.

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@mrpineapple : My apologies. ><; I was not aware that you had posted. Anyways! You only get one class and the field study. But I'd like to request that you take the minions course, if that's alright. Since you character excels in Magic and we have a magic professor, it just makes sense. Once that's fixed, approved.

@Folter : Whoo! Another professor. And a very cool idea. My only problem is that the personality field is lacking. How does he come off mad? What does he do that makes it seem like he's crazy?

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Name: Artorius ''Art'' Sanginus
Age: 29Cause of Death: Cremated AliveDate of Death: 05/05/11
Gender: MaleMinion: Sif, a large Grey Wolf.Classes: Magic II, our Minion, Their Gardian, Field StudyAppearance: http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...imeRedMage.jpgPersonality: Charismatic, Charming and a little cocky. He loves being recognised for his acheivments, and loves the spotlight a little too much. Hard to put down- in more ways than one, Artorius can take a few hits despite his frail frame. Also rather dextrous.Background: Artorius was your average college student untill he met Lirian. He was the son of a fairly successful buisnesman, no one special but respected and well paid. His mother was a well known figure, appearing on several childrens shows as a youth worker, to help the younger generations understand what they were to do- and to make sure nothing wrong was done to them. Then halfway through his last year of education, he met Lirian. SHe was an absolute beauty, and perfectly matched for him. They got on like a house on fire. It was only a matter of time before they started dating, and sure enought, they did. Artorius started joining her at the fencing club, proving his skill with an Estoc (A blade designed for both cut and thrust attacks, thin like a rapier but sturdy and sharp like a longsword (French in design)). Then one day, he grew tired of the perfect life he was living. It was all too good, he felt, and became almost sullen. Everything failed to exite him. He wanted real adventure, and upon passing his college course, he left his girlfirend and set off into the world. Of course, that was his first- and only- mistake. Her fatehr, who he had never met personally, was a crime lord of some degree. She kept quiet, as did her mother, and the cps looked the other way- right towards a few hundered paper bills every week. And When his daughter came home in tears, he found Artorius and burned him alive in a coffin. The first notice his family got was the box of ashes through the door. Seeing his family distaight, Artorius soul became wild and lost, and he started mking trouble. Then a reaper found him, and offered him the position. Artorius accepted, thrilled as the prospect of adventure crept back to him- bu with a solemn vow behind it, to be the one who found the people who hurt his family, and when they died, make their afterlives a liviing hell.

Name: Sol Gravae
Age: 784Date of Death: 18/6/1356
Gender: MaleMinion: Alphus, Betal, Gamman, Deltara and Elipsolar, 5 ravens. For short, he reffers to them by the first letter of their names, but they do not respond to anyone else unless adressed properly. All 5 are capable of speech, though again, they rarely interact unless treated respectfully. Also has Ornstein, a large black Wolf-hound. Ornstein rarely leaves the classroom, and is capable of speech. Often seen to the left side of the teachers desk. Ornstein is more friendly towards students, and will help them with troubles if they aproach him.
Faculty Position: Proffessor of Minions
Appearence: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...seronarogu.jpg
Personality: Abrasve, though nice. Often said not to care about students, he is in fact quite the opossite. However, He is a firm beliver in learning for yourself, so will not often help them with their studies. Can be found in his private study whenever he's not teaching.
Background: Sol rarely speaks aout his life, having had a long one. His death was interesting- Buried alive, Tombstone and all. When the reaper came calling for his soul, He found an open coffin and a curious, dead being dressed in ornate armour sitting atop its own tombstone. Sol aparently had been caught trying to steal a corpse from the graveyard, and had been buried alive as punishment, and his soul had become unsettled, hence the reapers presence. When the reaper made his offer, Sol readily accepted, and rose swiftly through the ranks. He was an Expert combatant, unmatched with a polearm, and he also had many years of experience. His death had revitalised him somewhat, despite his skin clinging to his bones- almost literally- he seemed fueled with the vigors of youth and magic. He demonstrated this effectively when he prooved himself wrthy of the title of ''Proffesor of minions''- summoning 5 minions at once, the 5 crows he has to this day, and having all 5 do seerate tasks at once whilst creatng a 6th. He stil holds the title- as many a teacher has said ''Sol is to stubborn to retire, and too good to loose''

(Might make a third later. Nice to see you have faith in my ability to multi-character, but when you play an entire D&D party yourself, you learn to handle these things.)

Personality: From the way that she dresses most people would think she's a little... loose. However, she is very closed in, she has a few select friends and she still does not let them touch her in certain spots such as the front of the neck, he shoulders, or hair. She normally is to herself, however if touched in the wrong place will defiantly go off, and attack if not kill you.

Background: Raised in a great family, Natasha took on many nick names. She grew up and she got prettier each year. One day, she was at the doctors and the male had violated her, she was only 10 years old but still she had the chest of a high school women.

After that she began to close herself off from people, however she was still outgoing and never went anywhere without her friends. She spent a great amount of time on earth, and she enjoyed herself very much. Halloween was her birthday, she left her best friends house when she was grabbed by a bunch of males.

They violated her for days, they gagged her mouth, the made her bleed, she cried out for help yet no one helped her. Then she died, over amount of stress, lack of food and water, and all over her body were cuts which had been infected.

When she died she was just a lost soul crying, then a reaper appeared to her. A female and she asked her about the Reaper Academy. She accepted it.

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Name: Rosangela De Luca (goes by Rosa)

Age: 189 (looks 25)

Date of Death: July 23, 1848

Gender: Female

Minion: A small brown-furred bushbaby

Faculty Position: Professor of Magic

Appearance: Rosa heart-shaped face is framed by her thick, wavy, dark brown hair, which reaches down mid-back; its voluminousness caused by its several layers layers. Her bangs have grown out too long so she usually loosely pins them back with a pink hair clip. Her eyes are light hazel under long lashes. Her skin is a light creamy tan. She stands at about 5'7" and usually wears sun-dresses with two-inch heels under her robes. In her ears are always a pair little green diamonds shaped like pears.

Personality: Rosa is the type of person to burst into song in the middle of class. She’s, ironically, full of life, intelligent, and enjoys entertaining others with her lovely singing voice. She keeps a piano in her classroom to play whenever she feels down. She has a strange way of dealing with death; she makes a joke of it. Thoroughly enjoys the company of other people, regardless of whom they are, but becomes extremely depressed when she’s by herself. Rarely is she ever angry, but when she does, one can tell because she stops the playful banter and smiling all together. Around other people, she smiles through her sadness. It might seem like she’s never serious, but she’s very serious when it comes to helping people and using magic.

Background: Rosa was a nurse during the First Italian War for Independence from Austria. She took the job because it would mean she would always be around people, regardless of if they were dead or dying. Rosa lost her mother at a young age and her father was in the military, so she was often left with a careless nanny who only fed her and nothing more. She often turned to playing the piano for comfort, an activity her and her father enjoyed sharing when he was home. She almost no friends due to her wealth and the hard times. It was a combination that didn't sit well with other children.

Once she was fourteen, she was old enough to stay by herself; that is until her father died from Dysentery. She was sent to live in an orphanage until she was 18. The only thing she had let that was given to her by her father were a pair of green, pear-shaped diamonds earrings. She left her fortune behind. At eighteen, she left joined the military as a nurse, but wishing she could follow in her father's footsteps as a soldier.

On the night that she died, she was tending to the wounded as usual. The majority of the troops were off in battle. It seemed that some of the Austrians had a horrible tactic up their sleeves. By the end of the night, all of that camp’s nurses and their patients lay dead. By no means, though, did they go down without a fight. Rosa had died with a rifle in her hand. A few days later, she was approached as a lost soul and offered the chance to become a Reaper by becoming the apprentice of a Master Reaper.

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Ok, this is one of the most interesting stories ever (would love to read a book or watch a movie this kind), but I have a question before creating a character:

1. what are minions? they are like summoned souls of animals?
2. can a second year student have 2 minions?
3. when we choose class, how will we deside on profesors in minion class?
4. how many classes are available for 1 character?
5. can it be that my character died 200 years ago and only now desided to join the academy?

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This is based in 2012, right? I assumed so since the student character sheet said something about before about August 2012. So... 2012-1848+25=189 right? So she'd be 189 years old. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. I'm Asian, I'm supposed to be good at math, haha.

1. Minions are the souls of animals or humans that Reapers control to do their bidding. Minions can be seen as an extension of the Reaper themselves. They know what the Reaper is thinking and will react without vocal dictation. This is the reason there is a Minion class. Some reapers have trouble controlling their thoughts; therefore, their minions react without them telling them to. This can be a problem for first year students who have minions, but it's generally unlikely for a Reaper to have a minion until they have some notion of magic.

2. If you are playing a student, you should only have one minion, but I'll allow for two. However, you must obtain the other minion during the RPG. Runewerk will not like that your character gets another minion. It's hard for young reapers to control one minion let alone two, but if your Reaper shows the ability to control the two minions, she will allow you character to keep it. You can do this early on in the RPG...you know...as soon as I'm able to get something up. @.@;

3. Esiphas called the Minions professor, so that's how I decided. First come first serve on professor positions.

4. You get two classes: CLASS + FIELD STUDY. I.e. Art of Reaping and Field Study (first year) or Magic II and Field Study (second year) or Assessment and Field Study (third year). First year students MUST take The Art of Reaping and their Field Study. 2nd years and up can choose between either the Magic class or their lecture class and a Field Study.

5. Yes. But they have to be a lost soul - a person who died and their soul was never greeted by a reaper, so they wondered the earth.